Sharp County record., 1887-04-21
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. ---..- s.-4 had branch houses IN 5o7''N'
osrsd.r7-fs and View Orleans he '"A5l
- r,orsas ana employed mn % Keep
the dust II his coach, paaerol- -.iI-..''.-
and rurricLe: now he Ias laf- "'--
/ -er shoes u which 10 walk --6
/ deem Of commercial disaster vas o-'Ns.
nm and fore aud aft and across NJ ' '-l--
I 80 d.cgr. the waves struck him 5lo ~
-vas saF.fv she tered from The g -oriA-
/ The Lord shut him H.
/ . 4o-f Of i-raasuc troubles fell on nm
/ sfrl,rsss and bereavement came -."e
= -a tad The winds blew. The HeaV-
/ an. ,-a 44s11a All the gardens 0I Garth
. T-- s75. are -vasded away. The i0lnI-
60 If inv are buried iftes1 cuDlJs deep.
. PM. standing BY he empty cr-0 ana IN
he 4esoT7tef nursery. and N the do-eIll
/ rsTr 7rca airing with merry voices now
silent forever. he cried:
The Lord -ava. the Lord hath taken away
blessed be The name 1t The Lord
The Lord shut Inn n.
AL -he sins Of a lifetime clauor7d tor
his overthrow. The broken vows, the dis
/ honest Sabbath5. the outrageous DroIaH--
ties. the misdemeal0r5 Of twenty
-aars. reached I'D their hands 10
/ The door Of the ak % pull nm out
/ The boundLess ocean Of his sll sur
-orrdgf ais soul l0wliug Ike 4 SIMEON
I ravir- Ike an sEr0c.yton- But -o0k.n 2
. 7ur Of the window he saw his sins SINK
. ike lead INTO the sea. The dove Of HeaV-
on br0urat IN olive branch 70 the ark.
/ The wrath Of the biIIow only pushed him
/ toward Heaven
/ The Lord shut him H.
The same door. fas+enIlgs thss kept
/ Noah in keep the world 0u-- an glad 70
/ know that when a man reaches Heaven Oil
earthly troubles are done with 1lu- Here
he nav have had it hard 70 get bread for
his family; there he w-Inevar hunger any
. more. Here he may have wep5 bitterly ?
there
The lamb that "a IL the midst Of the tdron 2
will Lead him 70 living fountains Of water, 2t
. God Will wtDe away all tears from ais eyes
Here he may have hard work 70 ge' q
2 house: out in ny fathers house are many
mansions and rent day never comes here
there are death-beds, and collins ahd
-ravas: there no sickness, no weary watch
.ug. no choking cough no consuming
I fever. no charteriug chill to-Lag DELL
No grave. The sorrows 0f life shall come
IN and knock at the door, but no admit
-ance. The Derp.exiries Of life shall come
M and knock On the door, but 10 admit
-srca Safe forever, AL the agony Of
earth in one wave dasliug against the
buIwarks Of the ship Of celestial -iga q
shall not break them down. Howl on ye
winds, and rage, Te seas'
The Lord shut him H.
Now. Il the ark Of Christ IS 40 grand q
1Iace in which 20 live, and die, aut
triumph. come into the ark Know wei.
that the door that shut Noah in SHUT the
world out; and though when the pttL.eSs
storm came DeIt.ng on their heads they
neat upon the door. saying, "Lst ne n!
let ne inrr the door did not ODeu- FOR
/ one hundred and twenty years they were
invited. They expected 10 come IN ol'
the autediIuvlaas said:
We must cultivate these fields; We
must De worth more fOcks Of sheep and
herds Of cattle; We will walt until We GET
/ a little older; We will enjoy our old farm
little longer
[ But meanwhile the storm was brewing
The fountains Of heaven were filing up.
Iaa - aa!E-E s1-tFs
/ foundations Of the great deep- The -ast
/ year had come. the Lass month the -asJ
week the .ast day the last hour the -asJ
noua1t. In an awful dash an ocean
| droDDed from tde sky, and another roiIel
mn from beneath: and God rolled the
earth and sky into one wave Of universal
/ destruction
/ So men now put Of going into the ark
| They say they will wait twenty years
6rst. They will have d little longer time
with their worldly associates They Will
wait until they get older They say:
.rYou can not expect a man Of my at
tainmeuts aud Of ny position to surrender
[ myself Just now. But before the storm
comes I will 70 in Yes, will l know
what I an about Trust me-
After awhile, one night about twelve
O'Clock going home he passes scai1-d-
ing asa gust Of wind strikes il. and a
plank falls. Dead and outside the ark.
Or, riding in the park reckless vehicle
crashes .nto him. and his horse becomes
unmauaZea5Ie, and he shouts Nv loa.
whoa" and takes another twist N the
reins, and plants his feet against the
dashboard. and pulls back. But no use.
Il IS not 80 much down the avenue that he
flies az on the way tOeteruity. Out Of the
wreck Of the crash MS body IS
drawn. but his soul Is not
picked Up. It fed behind 4 swift
er courser into the great future. Dead F.
and outside The ark! Or, some night. ne
wakes I'D with a distress that mOmeutarl-
" increases, until he 5hrie Ks out with
pain. The doctors come in, and they give
aim twenty drops, but no relief; forty
drops. fifty drops, sixty drops, but no re-
lief No time for prayer. No time TO read
one Of the promises. No time to get a
single sin DariOued. The whole house IS
/ aroused in alarm. The children scream
The wife faints. The pulses fall The
heart stops The soul flies. Oh! ny
God dead and outside the ark
Ihavs no doubt that derisiou kept many
people out Of the ark. The world laughed
TO see a man 90 in. and said:
Here Is a man starting for the ark.
Why, there will De no deluge. II there IS
one, that miserable ship will not weather
It. Aha! going into the arkl Well, that
IS too good 10 keep. Here, fellows, have
you heard the newsl This man is going
into the ark.p
Under this artillery Of scorn the man 5
good resolution perished.
And 80 there are hundreds kept out by
the fear Of derisIon. The young man asks
himself:
s.What would they say at the store TO-